Political Quotes

On the recordJune 26, 2018
there was not an effort to pass the ACA because all of us were trying to make people's lives miserable.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill emphasizes the intent behind passing the ACA was to improve lives, not to cause hardship.

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